Christmas!

What an amazing week!

This girl knows how to make me smile!

A special visitor!

My sweet class with Santa

Working on scissor cutting!

After telling Santa what we could like for Christmas...we tried our hand at writing our name...
This is something we will really work on at the start of the year!

Sorting animals and people.

making beaded candy canes after we read about how the candy cane came about! 

Decorating our ornament for you...

game time!

present wrapping

snack...

and my favorite gift to you! These sweet plates!

A huge thank you to all of the parents that made our party so perfect!

What a wonderful time of the year! I feel so very blessed. Enjoy your family this Christmas and New Years! Merry Christmas!!

All Aboard! Polar Express paradise and Grandparent Day!

This week was so magical! We got to paint with our special Grandparents and ride our classroom Polar Express! We truly believe in the magic of the season.

Thursday:

These sweet hands are busy at work making snowflakes...

so hard peeling those stickers! 

Grandparent time!

These photo booths were a blast!

Time to decorate photo frames...and more sticker peeling!!

After we sang to our grandparents we got to enjoy warm cider and cookies! Yum!

Oh my heart!

What an amazing day making so many wonderful memories! My heart was so full!!!

Friday:

P.J. day!!!

Making reindeer food...

Painting with "hot chocolate" paint...
*brown paint, cocoa powder, glue, and shaving cream... 

Ordering the letters of our name to make a train...

I sent these home this week...One of my favorite decorations for the holidays. I didn't have time to pick them up...but you can grab an 81/2 x 11 document frame from the dollar tree...

Picture Perfect!

We ended our author study on Kevin Henkes...I sent home a fun book and a quick bio on him. I love sending home quality books by quality authors.  

Time to ride the train...

They've got their tickets.

They've got hot chocolate!

They've got cookies...lights out to watch the "hot chocolate" scene from Polar Express...
You can't ask for anything more!!

We have been punched...

The bell rings for all those who still believe! Precious!!

A perfect week! I can't wait for next week! We will celebrate Baby Jesus, have a class celebration, and our Christmas Program...